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A handle for an appliance adapted to be held by a hand and moved by a forearm when the appliance is being used. The handle includes a gripping portion adapted to be gripped by the hand of a user and adapted to be connected to a body portion of the appliance disaposed generally below the gripping por

A handle for an appliance adapted to be held by a hand and moved by a forearm when the appliance is being used. The handle includes a gripping portion adapted to be gripped by the hand of a user and adapted to be connected to a body portion of the appliance disaposed generally below the gripping portion in spaced relation thereto with the appliance being of the type where the body portion is adapted for movement in a generally horizontal plane when the gripping portion is moved by the forearm of the user. With this arrangement, the gripping portion is disposed at an angle of between approximately 25°and 45°to the generally horizontal plane of movement.

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An electric iron adapted to be held by a hand and moved by a forearm during use thereof, comprising: a body portion including an iron casing and a working portion including an iron base plate, the iron base plate of the working portion being associated with the bottom of the iron casing of the body

An electric iron adapted to be held by a hand and moved by a forearm during use thereof, comprising: a body portion including an iron casing and a working portion including an iron base plate, the iron base plate of the working portion being associated with the bottom of the iron casing of the body portion; a handle including a gripping portion adapted to be gripped by the hand of a user; means adapted to connect the gripping portion of the handle to the top of the iron casing, the gripping portion of the handle being disposed above the casing in spaced relation thereto when the gripping portion is held by the hand of the user, the iron base plate being adapted for movement in a generally horizontal plane when the gripping portion of the handle is moved by the forearm of the user; the gripping portion connecting means including a fixed integral rear extension of the gripping portion of the handle joining the gripping portion of the handle to a rear portion of the iron casing, the gripping portion connecting means also including a fixed integral water reservoir having forward and rearward walls both sloping upwardly and rearwardly from a front portion of the iron casing to join the handle, the point at which said rearward wall joins the handle defining the forwardmost end of the gripping portion; the water reservoir being disposed entirely above the iron casing and entirely forwardly of the gripping portion of the handle; the gripping portion of the handle being maintained in a fixed portion by and extending between the rear extension and the water reservoir so as to be disposed at an angle of between 25°and 45°to the generally horizontal plane during movement of the iron casing.